Pin ticket or tag.



Patented Dec. l2, I899.

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PIN TICKET 0R TAG.

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PIN TICKET OR TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,083, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed August 10, 1899. Serial No. 726,829. (No model.)

To to whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR MUSSINAN, a'citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin Tickets or Tags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of pin tickets or tags generally used for applying distinguishing marks, numbers, or prices to merchandise, such as garments, fabrics, and the like; and my invention consists in a pin ticket or tag provided with a staple-shaped fastening-pin bent and applied inamannerhereinafterexplained to stiffen and support the tag and so that the pointed prongs or shanks will extend outwardly from the upper edge of the tag and in the plane of its face instead of at right angles thereto, as usual, thereby enabling the tag to be more conveniently inserted and removed and rendering it more compact for packing and easier to write or print upon before affixing it to the goods.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an enlarged plan view of a pin ticket or tag embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the reverse or under side of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective View of the fastening-staple detached from the tag or ticket. Fig. 5 is an inverted view of the fastening staple or wire partially bent and ready to be applied to the tag.

In the drawings, A represents a ticket or tag which may be composed of cardboard, thick paper, or other suitable material and of any desired shape and size to receive the distinguishing marks, numbers, or characters which it may be desired to apply to the goods, articles, or material on which the tag is to be used.

Bis the fastening pin or staple, which is composed of a single piece of wire bent into U shape and having its doubled end bent at a a and b b at right angles, as shown in Fig. 5, before being applied to the tag.

0 c are the prongs or pointed shanks which engage with the goods or fabric when the tag is to be attached thereto.

In attaching the fastening-staple B to the ticket or tag the pointed prongs c c are first passed through the same from the front side until the two portions 10 1O lie fiat upon its upper surface, with the loop 61 extending down over and in contact with its edge 12. The loop d is then bent inwardly at a right angle and clenched down upon the under surface of the tag, as shown in Fig. 2, firmly embracing the edge 12, after which the prongs c c are bent down upon said under surface, so as to project outwardly from the upper edge 12 of the ticket in the plane of its face, the clenched-down loop or return-bend d lying between the two prongs o c, as shown in Fig. 2. The wire thus bent is securely and immovably fastened in place and serves to firmly clamp and support the upper portion of the tag, While in the operation of inserting and removing the tag the pressure and strain are exerted in the plane of its face instead of in a direction at right angles thereto, as heretofore, thereby lessening the liability of bending or breaking the tag and facilitating the operation of aflixing the same to the goods, as the ticket can be conveniently grasped between the finger and thumb without liability of coming into contact with the sharp points of the prongs. Furthermore, the extension of the prongs in the plane of the face of the ticket or tag instead of projecting at right angles from its lower face, as heretofore, renders it much more compact and much easier to pack into boxes in large quantities, While as it will lie fiat on a table or other surface it can be much more easily marked, Written upon, or printed before being attached to the goods. Another advantage is that in removing the ticket from a quantity in a box or package there is very little liability of the fingers being pricked or injured by contact with the ends of the prongs.

A most valuable result follows the actual use of my improved ticket or tag upon the goodsviz., the ticket or tag becomes a protector for the points of the prongs or pins. This is due to the fact that in applying the ticket the pins or prongs are passed through the goods and out through the face thereof, aft-er which the prongs or pins are bent laterally until they lie between the goods and the rear face of the ticket or tag. As thus concealed behind the ticket, the prongs or pins will be prevented from pricking the person handling or trying on the goods-hosiery, for inst-anceand the pins will be prevented from catchingin other goods and tearing the same.

What I claim as fny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a pin tag or ticket provided with rigidly-connected,flexible penetrating prongs or pins projecting in or approximately in the direction of the plane of the tag or ticket, whereby the pins may be passed through the goods and out on the same side thereof and then bent down under the tag or ticket for protection thereby.

2. A pin ticket or tag, provided with astaple-shaped fastening-pin having its prongs or OSCAR MUSSINAN. In presence of- P. E. TESOHEMAOHER, LILLIAN I. BASFORD. 

